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Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Good morning from Washington, where progressives are attempting a power grab with legislation to federalize all elections. Jarrett Stepman blows the whistle.The left also hopes to finish tearing down the health care system, and Bob Moffit is here to talk sense. On the podcast, North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest tells how the tax cuts help his state. Plus: Rachel del Guidice on a new congressman's encounter with Saddam Hussein, Thomas Spoehr on the U.S. role at a key security conference in Germany, and Ginny Montalbano on two Florida residents making a difference on school safety after the Parkland shooting.

Commentary

H.R.1 has numerous provisions that would undermine free speech rights, upend the way America conducts elections, encourage voter fraud, and turn election oversight into little more than a partisan weapon to bludgeon foes.

News

"We've been in a war this past year against Broward's corrupt elected officials," says Andrew Pollack. "They failed to stop the shooter, failed to confront the shooter … Everything is a cover-up, and the media got the story dreadfully wrong."

Analysis

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest shares how tax reform has changed his state, as well as his thoughts on the national political scene, including the left's push for government-run health care and the Green New Deal.

Analysis

"When you hear President Trump ask our NATO allies to live up to the commitments they've made to our common defense, that's what we call being leader of the free world," says Vice President Mike Pence.

The more that the majority party in Congress acts like a real team, the more it will resemble the unity of the executive branch. Otherwise, we will continue to have in Congress what we have right now: a cacophony of disparate voices.